Remedial



(Ne Medel.)

G. KUGLBR. REMEDI'AL APPLIANGB.

Ne. 349,849. Petented Sepe. 28, 1886,.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE KUGLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

REMEDIAL APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 349,849, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed April 7, i886. Serial No. |S8,01. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern: I

Beit known that i, GEORGE KUGLER, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Remedial Appliance; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

This improved article is for the purpose of reliefin cases of colic, rheumatism, nenralgia, neurotic affections, and other analogous diseases, and used as hereinafter set forth.

The article is of an oval shape, and curved, forming a chamber between the outside plates, which are attached to a tubular rim. On one or both sides of the ease is connected a galvanic battery consisting of a series of plates, (more orless,) the poles ot' which terminate in the electrodes, which are placed in the hands ot' the patient or applied to the affected parts of the body.

That the invention maybe more fully nnderstood, reference will be had to the following specification and the annexed drawings, making part of the same, in which- Figure l is a top view, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section in direction ofthe linex x in Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The exterior of the appliance consists of two plates, A and B. Between these plates, and around the edges thereof, is soldered a tube, C. This tube is divided into two sections, as indicated bythe dividers D D, Fig. 1. Admission to the tubes is through the holes E E, which are provided with screw water-tigpt caps.

Between the two plates A B is a chamber, E, Fig. 2. To one ot' the plates is attached a screw-cap, G. On the removal ot' the cap an opening is formed into the chamber F, which is closed on screwing down the cap on packing, to prevent leakage.

On the upper side of the appliance is a series of copper and zine plates, alternating withinterposed suitable material saturated with salt or acid water. These plates are removable, and are held in position by the screw-cap G, which passes through the pile and holds the plates in contact on the case. The pile is so arranged, and in connection with the wires or poles a b, as to induce an electricaction,which may be applied to the body by conductors having terminal electrodes. l, however, makeno claim to these devices.

The purpose ofthe tubcCis for a receptacle charged with an antiseptic on one side and a medicated preparation on the other section of the tube. One or both sections mayv be used for this purpose.

The upper parts ofthe tubes are perforated with small holes to admit of the cflluvia from the agents in the tubes to escape. This feature ofthe invention is of importance in case the disease gives oft' an offensive odor, affecting both the patient and those in attendance,

when the ellluvium from the medicated agent in the tube is also of material aid to the patient. This is attained while the chamber F is charged with warm or het water and applied to the affected part, as in colic, rheumatism, gaseous distention, and gastrodynia, attended by flatulency.

As before stated, the rase maybe uscd with hot water, with or without the appendages de GEORG E KUG LER.

lVitnesses:

W. li. Brummen, C. L. BURPJDGE. 

